Add Rack and Chassis to Nodes in Failover Cluster Manager

In this post, I describe how to add Rack and Chassis information to a node in Failover Cluster Manager on Microsoft Windows Server.

When you view nodes in Failover Cluster Manager, you will see that there is a Rack and Chassis column but no way to add this data in the user interface.

Resolution

Create Fault Domains in PowerShell to add Rack and Chassis information to a node:

1. Open PowerShell ISE as administrator

2. Check your existing fault domain hierarchy using Get-ClusterFaultDomain

3. Create your desired hierarchy (Site > Rack > Chassis > Node):

    # Define a site

    New-ClusterFaultDomain -Name "Site-1" -Type Site

    # Define a rack within the site

    New-ClusterFaultDomain -Name "Rack-1" -Type Rack -Parent "Site-1"

    # Define a chassis within the rack

    New-ClusterFaultDomain -Name "Chassis-1" -Type Chassis -Parent "Rack-1"

    # Assign the node "HYPERV-2K16-1" to "Chassis-1" in the cluster

    Set-ClusterFaultDomain -Name "HYPERV-2K16-1" -Parent "Chassis-1"

    # View the fault domain structure

    Get-ClusterFaultDomain

4. The node you assigned will now have a Rack and Chassis in Failover Cluster Manager: